U.S. Troops Order Comfort, With Fries on the Side (Burger King in Iraq)

[bluestateguy]

BAGHDAD -- Welcome to Iraq, home of the Whopper.

Deep inside Baghdad International Airport, past a vehicle search, a body search and four checkpoints, soldiers are lined up for burgers and fries. They have come by plane from Mosul, 220 miles north, for onion rings. They have picked up Chicken Royale sandwiches while picking up buddies flying back from a two-week home leave. They have begged and borrowed Humvees, making up any excuse for a trip to the airport and a reminder of what the pink mixture of ketchup and mayonnaise oozing from a fresh Whopper tastes like.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A46700-2003Oct18?language=printer

[DuctapeFatwa]

1. the US has ordered an end to UN Food distribution in Iraq

Especially since the invasion, it is the only source of food for a large chunk of the population.

The positive and upbeat news is that since March, malnourished Iraqi children have been allowed to smell the aromas emanating from the Burger King, and there is every indication that they will be allowed to do so for as long as they are able once food distribution ends.

[imax2268]

2. I guess you can say that...

there are some good things going on in Iraq...
(snip)
"The restaurant workers are originally from Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Nepal, though most now live in Kuwait. They work here for three weeks, sleeping in bunk beds in a unit directly behind the Burger King, and then go home for a week."
(snip)

No wonder the Iraqi's are pissed...they can't even get a job at Burger King...!

Glad to see though that our boys are getting some familiar things from home...
(snip)
"The PX sells snack food, CDs, DVDs and magazines with busty women on the cover. On one clothing rack, T-shirts for sale read, "Who's Your Baghdaddy?"
(snip)

[JCMach1]

3. No doubt they will be scarfing them down during Ramadan

--only about a week and 1/2 away.